Ridley (TV series)

Alex Ridley (Adrian Dunbar) is a former detective inspector who is brought back in as a consultant some eighteen months after an early retirement, due to a nervous breakdown from having to come to terms with the loss of his wife and daughter in a house fire. He spends some of his retirement time as a pianist and singer in a jazz club of which he is a co-owner, and some episodes end with him singing. He assists former colleague Carol Farman (Bronagh Waugh), newly promoted to detective inspector.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/aug/28/tv-tonight-ridley-itv-adrian-dunbar|title=TV tonight: Line of Duty's Adrian Dunbar is a conflicted cop again|last=Richardson|first=Hollie|date=28 August 2022|work=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian News & Media Limited ==Cast==

Main • Adrian Dunbar as Alex Ridley, a retired detective inspector, now serving as a police consultant • Bronagh Waugh as DI Carol Farman, team leader and Ridley's former protege • Terence Maynard as DCI Paul Goodwin, Farman's boss • Georgie Glen as Wendy Newstone, police pathologist and chief forensics officer • George Bukhari as DC Darren Lakhan, a junior detective on Farman's team • Julie Graham as Annie Marling, owner of the jazz club and a close friend of Ridley • Bhavna Limbachia as Geri Farman, Carol's wife Supporting • Aidan McArdle as Michael Flannery, a convicted criminal who murdered Ridley's wife and daughter • Jacquetta May as Kate Ridley, Ridley's wife, who died in the house fire (in flashbacks) • Kitty Watson as Ella Ridley, Ridley's daughter, who also died in the house fire (in flashbacks) • Tareq Al-Jeddal as Jack Farman, Carol and Geri's teenaged son ==Episodes==

Series 1 (2022) {{Episode table |background=#e7e000 |overall= |series= |title= |director= |writer= |airdate= |viewers= |viewersR=|country=UK |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=1 |EpisodeNumber2=1 |Title=The Peaceful Garden |DirectedBy= Bryn Higgins |WrittenBy= Jonathan Fisher and Paul Matthew Thompson |OriginalAirDate= |Viewers= |ShortSummary= Tasked with solving a complex crime, Ridley investigates the murder of a sheep farmer, and the connections with the disappearance of a young child many years previously, and a convicted sex offender. {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=3 |EpisodeNumber2=3 |Title=Swansong |DirectedBy= Paul Gay |WrittenBy= Julia Gilbert |OriginalAirDate= |Viewers= |ShortSummary= Ridley agrees to help find the brother of a jazz singer who went missing 40 years ago, but the murder of a woman appears to be connected to the case. Series 2 (2024) {{Episode table |background=#e7e000 |overall= |series= |title= |director= |writer= |airdate= |viewers= |viewersR= |country=UK |episodes={{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=5 |EpisodeNumber2=1 |Title= A Sleeping Tiger |DirectedBy= Noreen Kershaw |WrittenBy= Paul Matthew Thompson |NumParts= 2 |OriginalAirDate_1= |OriginalAirDate_2= |Viewers= 3.94 |ShortSummary= Ridley investigates a jewellery heist that turns into a murder case. {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=6 |EpisodeNumber2=2 |Title= The Hollow Tree |DirectedBy= Isher Sahota |WrittenBy= Julia Gilbert |NumParts= 2 |OriginalAirDate_1= |OriginalAirDate_2= |Viewers= |ShortSummary= Ridley is asked to get involved when a decomposed body is discovered in the depths of Hawsley Wood. {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=7 |EpisodeNumber2=3 |Title= Fool for Love |DirectedBy= Paul Gay |WrittenBy= Michael Bhim |NumParts= 2 |OriginalAirDate_1= |OriginalAirDate_2= |Viewers= |ShortSummary= Ridley and the team investigate when a man is shot dead during a rave. ==References==